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There are growing signs that repeal of the medical-device tax, fervently sought by the politically potent device industry, may be a key element in resolving the impasse in Congress over the budget and raising the debt ceiling.
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A recent survey of some 2,500 doctors conducted by Dr. Jon Tilburt at the Mayo Clinic and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was full of good news for those of us who believe that, as physicians, we have a big role to play in controlling healthcare costs. It reveals...
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Choice of healthcare provider often ranks second only to cost when consumers choose a health insurance plan. But for visitors to the new federally facilitated and state-run insurance exchanges, their ability to...
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The CEO of St. Jude Medical says that there's still room for innovation in the device industry at the intersection of cost-cutting and improved patient health.
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Certain states are performing better than others in providing consumers with information about in-network doctors and hospitals for the various plans.
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After a glitch-plagued first week of enrollment on the state and federally run insurance exchanges, many observers are wondering whether more technical problems are still to come and whether consumers will keep doggedly trying to sign up for coverage.
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It was a less than smooth start for the federal government's health insurance marketplace in 36 states, as heavy traffic to its website caused delays and system issues
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What it does: Evolution1 and its partners—health plans, administrators, financial institutions, insurers—provide healthcare benefit and payment services to employer groups and consumers.
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What it does: Prime, owned collectively by 13 Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, is a pharmacy benefit manager that handles patient prescription drug benefits for health plans, employers and government programs.
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MINNEAPOLIS—Fairview Health Services, looking to rebound from a billing controversy and a failed deal with Sanford Health, announced that system has hired Rulon Stacey to take the helm Nov. 4. Stacey, who recently said he would leave the University of Colorado Health, will succeed Mark...
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